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economy for about an hour and 45 minutes. next on book tv. [applause] >> thanks to the fashion institute of technology. unquestionably the most in the world today. [applause] in addition to being nobel laureates i would have to say from the vantage point for the economic thinking those would be my finalists. [applause] as you know, we've written a book that pertains to the challenges and circumstance the price of an equality. on behalf of them i thank you for your patronage and. let's start with paul. paul, you talked about and this depression now. a lot of people don't believe we could end this now. but agency deutsch human beings have to take on this challenge? something that is recognizably the same kind of animal. we victimize it is the same technology still there and skills are still there. look back to the 1930's and there are a lot of people making the argument that there were no easy answers and you could quickly get out of this [inaudible] and the 1939 and these are fundamental problems and if we want to make progress to cut unemploy
economy for about an hour and 45 minutes. next on book tv. [applause] >> thanks to the fashion institute of technology. unquestionably the most in the world today. [applause] in addition to being nobel laureates i would have to say from the vantage point for the economic thinking those would be my finalists. [applause] as you know, we've written a book that pertains to the challenges and circumstance the price of an equality. on behalf of them i thank you for your patronage and. let's...
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this is a small, open a economy. it is a trade dependent economy. more than the united states. individual trade decisions can be controversial. the concept of being part of the global economy is not a challenging concept. the united states is still the core of the world trading system. i am surprised at the level of protectionist discord. >> that is stop production for us in d.c. we will continue to fight that battle. you joined us for a roundtable. cnbc did a roundtable in chicago i will share with our guest -- as a question -- ask what the biggest impediment was to economic growth. we have lots of different sectors. i thought i would hear the answer that you hear from business leaders of the time, which is a -- any more transparency, predictability, and more regulatory coherence. i am not sure if you remember. everyone ended up saying all of the things i mentioned are important to business, but people said -- everyone agreed about access to skilled work force. i found that surprising. what are the kinds of things that the private sector and government can do to build the kind
this is a small, open a economy. it is a trade dependent economy. more than the united states. individual trade decisions can be controversial. the concept of being part of the global economy is not a challenging concept. the united states is still the core of the world trading system. i am surprised at the level of protectionist discord. >> that is stop production for us in d.c. we will continue to fight that battle. you joined us for a roundtable. cnbc did a roundtable in chicago i will...
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we are the greatest economy on earth. we pay our bills. we always have. you know, if congress wants to reduce spending, that should be part of the negotiations that go into making decisions about how we spend, you know, the programs we spend money on, and the president's very interested in reducing spending and reducing our deficits, but you don't default on the economy. that is -- we saw -- >> [inaudible] >> yes. we saw what happened in 2011, and it's unacceptable. >> did the president have to chance to speak to republicans last night at the reception here about the fiscal cliff? >> i won't read out conversations. the president and first lady met with scores and scores of lawmakers last night as is the norm in a situation like this, but i'm not going to read out individual conversations. >> [inaudible] >> i've seen a report that speaker boehner was not part of the receiving line, but the president has conversations with speaker boehner with some regularity and looks forward to speaking with him again. >> last question then. both sides have given their pr
we are the greatest economy on earth. we pay our bills. we always have. you know, if congress wants to reduce spending, that should be part of the negotiations that go into making decisions about how we spend, you know, the programs we spend money on, and the president's very interested in reducing spending and reducing our deficits, but you don't default on the economy. that is -- we saw -- >> [inaudible] >> yes. we saw what happened in 2011, and it's unacceptable. >> did the...
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they see action to ensure that the economy continues to grow. governors broadly speaking having an interest in washington making wise investments and rebuilding our infrastructure. they obviously have a stake in our health care entitlement programs including of course medicaid. and what governors house in common with the president of the united states is their chief executives. they run things and they're very practical and pragmatic about it by and large. you know, that is sometimes a distinction between governors and lawmakers on capitol hill. i can't speak for every single one of them, that they tend to want pragmatic solutions to these fiscal challenges of the president looks forward to having a conversation with those governors. [inaudible] >> in some other states have not yet been all the deadlines with regard to the health care exchanges, will that be on the table as part of the political discussions tomorrow? >> i suppose it could be discussed. i don't have an agenda beyond what we talked about your readout to you. >> on a different topi
they see action to ensure that the economy continues to grow. governors broadly speaking having an interest in washington making wise investments and rebuilding our infrastructure. they obviously have a stake in our health care entitlement programs including of course medicaid. and what governors house in common with the president of the united states is their chief executives. they run things and they're very practical and pragmatic about it by and large. you know, that is sometimes a...
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i also think we are an economy that is driven by consumer demand. i cannot think of anything that would be more guaranteed to put the economy in a recession than increasing the price of all goods and services that we purchase by 20-25%. >> host: we'll give brad on twitter the last word here. he says negotiate and simplify, let the republicans lower taxes and get rid of the amt. john buckley, thank you for your help this morning in helping us try to understand the alternative minimum tax, appreciate it. >> guest: okay, good. >> in a few moments, a discussion of house spending cuts in the so-called fiscal cliff. in a little less than an hour, more about the fiscal cliff with republican representative tom cole from oklahoma. then the head of fema testifies on capitol hill about the government's response to hurricane sandy. and later, senate debate on the u.n. treaty for the disabled. ♪ ♪ >> this weekend on c-span3's american history tv, follow harry truman easeleddest grandson to hiroshima as the city prepared to mark the bombing of the city in 194
i also think we are an economy that is driven by consumer demand. i cannot think of anything that would be more guaranteed to put the economy in a recession than increasing the price of all goods and services that we purchase by 20-25%. >> host: we'll give brad on twitter the last word here. he says negotiate and simplify, let the republicans lower taxes and get rid of the amt. john buckley, thank you for your help this morning in helping us try to understand the alternative minimum tax,...
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another voice spouting scientific things that may or may not be true but a bad idea for the economy. so that sounds a little pessimistic and i'm really not a pessimist at heart but i am -- i consider it unlikely circumstances that exist when rachel carson wrote silent spring and allowed it to have the influence that it did and i don't dig it will occur any time soon. >> one must question. we have some university students in the audience and didn't get much of a chance to talk about what it was like to pursue science in rachel carson? were there some barriers because of her gender? >> there were barriers. a woman who wanted to get a college education in the 1920s was generally thought to these pursuing that for her own personal betterment, and not for the purpose of having a career. it was to become a better wife, better homemaker, a better mother in the future. that was the object of post-secondary education, primarily. women could go into the teaching profession so carson certainly could have been a teacher and she could have taught biology or writing in the future. that would have
another voice spouting scientific things that may or may not be true but a bad idea for the economy. so that sounds a little pessimistic and i'm really not a pessimist at heart but i am -- i consider it unlikely circumstances that exist when rachel carson wrote silent spring and allowed it to have the influence that it did and i don't dig it will occur any time soon. >> one must question. we have some university students in the audience and didn't get much of a chance to talk about what...
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why partridges and pear trees are subject to the whims of the economy. so if you're one of the who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> we have big news to tell you about, beginning in january, we will have a new name. look for us "on the money with maria bartiromo." we will have exciting segments and great guests and i will be here as well. join us. the stories that may impact your money. on tuesday, numbers for november auto sales will be out. and then friday we get the latest jobs report which tells us how many jobs the economy lost or gained in the last month, as well as the percentage of americans unemployed typically a market mover and the latest reading of consumer sentiment is out on friday. when it comes to finding the perfect holiday gift, what's $100,000 between true loves? the cost of christmas, the total of all 364 gifts mentioned in that song about the partridge and the pear tree was
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economy and affected by it. gone are the days when businesses relied solely on growing their customer base for domestic markets. today, 95% of the world's consumers live outside the united states, and we're producing for those consumers as well as domestic ones. one of the things that will help our economy improve at a faster rate would be to increase trade opportunities overseas for american businesses and farmers, increase trade helps create jobs, increase income and expand opportunities for innovation. and as we've seen over the course of history and also repeated what president john f. kennedy often spoke about, free and fair trade helps all boats rise. that is to say, countries willing to lower their trade barriers and allow fair and competitive trade will see growth in their economies. however, history also shows, even among nations with good relations, trade disputes still arise. that is why we need a forum to settle international disputes such as the world trade organization does. the w.t.o. allows ameri
economy and affected by it. gone are the days when businesses relied solely on growing their customer base for domestic markets. today, 95% of the world's consumers live outside the united states, and we're producing for those consumers as well as domestic ones. one of the things that will help our economy improve at a faster rate would be to increase trade opportunities overseas for american businesses and farmers, increase trade helps create jobs, increase income and expand opportunities for...
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it is the world's 11th largest economy with more than 140 million consumers, and the last major economy to join the world trade organization. american companies and workers must compete on a level playing field with our foreign competitors and russia to succeed. when president obama first asked congress to remove russia from long-standing human rights legislation and grant permanent normal trade relations for russia, he suggested that we do it unconditionally. even before russia joined the w.t.o., president obama and his team argued that congress should quickly pass a clean bill. given the myriad problems we have with russia, it is -- it has always been very hard for me to understand this position. president obama and his team appeared almost manic in their attempts to avoid offending president putin and his government or doing anything at all to upset their failed reset policy. fortunately, just as congress did in 1974 when they created jackson-vanik, we insisted on more. working side by side with our senate and house colleagues in both parties, we drafted a bill which serves our econo
it is the world's 11th largest economy with more than 140 million consumers, and the last major economy to join the world trade organization. american companies and workers must compete on a level playing field with our foreign competitors and russia to succeed. when president obama first asked congress to remove russia from long-standing human rights legislation and grant permanent normal trade relations for russia, he suggested that we do it unconditionally. even before russia joined the...
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we got mixed reports on the economy. tom just talked about that weak data showing businesses contracting. and we're also getting warnings on weak corporate profits. so doesn't this give you pause about buying in this market right now? >> i think, i just got back from two weeks in europe speaking to portfolio managers in seven different countries. they are profoundly underinvestmented in the u.s. the endowment funds in this country are profoundly underinvested in u.s. equities. a lot of portfolio managers are hoping equities go down as measured by the s&p so their underperformance doesn't look as bad. if the market doesn't go down here i think they will be forced to chase not end of the year. >> susie: uh-huh. beyond stocks, give us your thoughts on bonds, on gold, and other commodities. >> i think gold is in a secular bull market. i think it's just been consolidating the big run it has had and will eventually go higher. bons i think with the re-election of president obama it pretty much insurances you will have low-inter
we got mixed reports on the economy. tom just talked about that weak data showing businesses contracting. and we're also getting warnings on weak corporate profits. so doesn't this give you pause about buying in this market right now? >> i think, i just got back from two weeks in europe speaking to portfolio managers in seven different countries. they are profoundly underinvestmented in the u.s. the endowment funds in this country are profoundly underinvested in u.s. equities. a lot of...
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on january 20, he will face a a fiscal economy and and i mess. you might say he will inherit these problems. [laughter] [applause] he his second term, i hope t will offer fresh ideas. failure will mean for more years of -- four more years we have work to do. -- four more years. we have work to do. serious solutions for serious reforms, we thank him for doing that. [applause] the election did not go our way. the republican party cannot make excuses. we cannot have the next four years on the sidelines. we need to apply our timeless principles to the challenges of the day. our party excels at representing that part of the american idea that speaks to the aspirations of our nation's risk-takers. we celebrate that part involves finding a passion and making a living from it. there is another part of the american creed. when our neighbors are struggling, we look out for one another. we take care of those who are suffering in the midst of our families come alive, and communities. we do that best to our families, communities, and our party must and for ma
on january 20, he will face a a fiscal economy and and i mess. you might say he will inherit these problems. [laughter] [applause] he his second term, i hope t will offer fresh ideas. failure will mean for more years of -- four more years we have work to do. -- four more years. we have work to do. serious solutions for serious reforms, we thank him for doing that. [applause] the election did not go our way. the republican party cannot make excuses. we cannot have the next four years on the...
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access to credit for people needing to refinance, has been crucially important to ensuring that the economy has started to heal and that he housing market has begun to heal, and without fha, a clearly we would be in a much more difficult situation in terms of the housing recovery than we are today. one slide i do want to show, and i don't know if it shows in color there very well -- is on this point of our market share and what we did and when we did it. and the reason this is important is, fha really had very low market share prior to the crisis. what happened during the crisis was a lot of-what should would call, reckless lending, subprime lending, fha didn't go there. the reason we had low market share is many people being sucked into the subprime mortgages during that period of time, and fha was still requiring 30-year, fully documented, fully amortizing loans, and so when people could go somewhere else, they did. what happened -- and it's probably hard to see for some of you but starting in 2007, 2008, if you look at the whether you -- blue bars, those are refinancing. what happened is
access to credit for people needing to refinance, has been crucially important to ensuring that the economy has started to heal and that he housing market has begun to heal, and without fha, a clearly we would be in a much more difficult situation in terms of the housing recovery than we are today. one slide i do want to show, and i don't know if it shows in color there very well -- is on this point of our market share and what we did and when we did it. and the reason this is important is, fha...
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it cost the economy $17 billion. cbs news las angeles. >> a lot of people about to spend several hours in nasty weather this weekend. the 30th california international marathon which runs from folsom to sacramento will start as scheduled 7:00 sunday morning. that means about 15,000 people will run 26 point -- well i don't know if they'll run it. some will walk. 26.2-miles in whatever the conditions bring. paul deanno here to tell us when we might see the absolute worst the storm system has to offer. >>> i'm not sure if you can pick a worst time to start a marathon. sunday. 7:00. yeah you know. some would argue there's no good time to start marathon but our producer will run it and he's going to be very soggy. we have scattered showers and the roads are wet. heading towards san francisco. it's 59 degrees. hello. high definition doppler radar. strongest radar in town. active this morning. less this evening. we're in break between weather systems a few light showers south to walnut creek. pleasant hill. the rain will pi
it cost the economy $17 billion. cbs news las angeles. >> a lot of people about to spend several hours in nasty weather this weekend. the 30th california international marathon which runs from folsom to sacramento will start as scheduled 7:00 sunday morning. that means about 15,000 people will run 26 point -- well i don't know if they'll run it. some will walk. 26.2-miles in whatever the conditions bring. paul deanno here to tell us when we might see the absolute worst the storm system...
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economy, to get going. the cost of doing that, given the long-term problem, the cost of doing more now is the need to come up with the medium term deal. so we need some sort of placeholder on the 10 years, and i do not mean placeholder. i mean some sort of deal. it is not the grand bargain, but whether it is $2 trillion or $3 trillion, we need to show that we can help the economy now, polaroid recovery, and have a situation over the next 10 years that is reasonable, stable, and not out of control. it would be nice that we could solve the problems 75 years ahead, but we never solve problems 75 years ahead. imposing that constraint on helping the economy now and -- the medium-term deal seems very unwise to me, and we should focus on what we can do. it is in port. focusing on what we can do, which is doing something now, have a stabilizing deal and work on the issues as we figure out what works in health care and what does not work, how much we want to reform social security, what the economy is doing in 10 ye
economy, to get going. the cost of doing that, given the long-term problem, the cost of doing more now is the need to come up with the medium term deal. so we need some sort of placeholder on the 10 years, and i do not mean placeholder. i mean some sort of deal. it is not the grand bargain, but whether it is $2 trillion or $3 trillion, we need to show that we can help the economy now, polaroid recovery, and have a situation over the next 10 years that is reasonable, stable, and not out of...
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when they are not banning alcohol for the sake of the economy. so, when we talk about islamists i think we have to take note that some are different than others and some will naturally have to be more pragmatic if they will be in the position of power. >> let me unpacked a couple of thoughts. this is directed to the rather slippery aspect of the argument made months ago. it on the one hand people of equal faith then everyone on the other side are liberal i don't believe i ever used that term on anything i said. the opposite is non-islamist. there's a huge spectrum of people who are who will run into the streets because they are like that guy in the network they are mad as hell with their life is when to be like under the s. con. res. rule and they go from radical communist on the one hand and many people of faith. five times a day to press the muslims as opposed to people that are i know the ham and cheese eating muslims. those are the natural audience. it's everyone that is opposed to the totalitarian agenda of the muslim brotherhood, and its hu
when they are not banning alcohol for the sake of the economy. so, when we talk about islamists i think we have to take note that some are different than others and some will naturally have to be more pragmatic if they will be in the position of power. >> let me unpacked a couple of thoughts. this is directed to the rather slippery aspect of the argument made months ago. it on the one hand people of equal faith then everyone on the other side are liberal i don't believe i ever used that...
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it especially matters in our economy. we need long-term fiscal reductions so people can pine for the future. we need to give families and businesses a certainty and the specific spending cuts specific revenue increases that reduce the deficit and avoid the fiscal cliff. we should not put out the hard decisions with gimmicks or triggers. that is what got us here in the first place. at this time to bite the bullet -- it is time to bite the bullet and make the tough decision. the first thing we should do is immediately and eminently extend the middle class tax cuts. this decisive action will ensure that millions of american families do not see a tax cut. -- a tax hike of $2000 in the next two months. we need a long-term solution. most serious plans recommend about $4 trillion to restore the balance. interest savings revives another $600 billion. brining home our troops from iraq and afganistan brings another $800 billion. this plan will strengthen the economy. it will put us on a stable path forward. it must ramp up over tim
it especially matters in our economy. we need long-term fiscal reductions so people can pine for the future. we need to give families and businesses a certainty and the specific spending cuts specific revenue increases that reduce the deficit and avoid the fiscal cliff. we should not put out the hard decisions with gimmicks or triggers. that is what got us here in the first place. at this time to bite the bullet -- it is time to bite the bullet and make the tough decision. the first thing we...
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what they really want to know is the economy going to grow or not. if you're increasing taxes on dividend, you get less capital and dividends and then less growth for the economy and less revenue for the government. >> well, a lot of people worry about the many years that japan has been in a slow growth environment, but they've kept interest rates very low in japan, but the problem is, government is too big. that's why japan has not been able to start growing again. and this is the path that the u.s. is certainly on if we don't change that dynamic. >> paul: kim, is there any recognition about this in washington or is it all -- i mean, do you hear any of this discussion or do they really believe, certainly, the white house and the treasury, that tax rates like this don't matter, at that ultimately-- >> no, they do to a degree. if you talk to the officials iran up, come on, so we're going to raise the rates, what is fascinating to put it in the bigger context of the debate about tax revenue, the economists have the static view, you've got x-amounts of
what they really want to know is the economy going to grow or not. if you're increasing taxes on dividend, you get less capital and dividends and then less growth for the economy and less revenue for the government. >> well, a lot of people worry about the many years that japan has been in a slow growth environment, but they've kept interest rates very low in japan, but the problem is, government is too big. that's why japan has not been able to start growing again. and this is the path...
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and when the economy stalls, when the economy sputers, when people lose their jobs, they know which party to blame, the party of high taxes. let's don't be the party of just almost as high taxes. >> some people have called that the doomsday scenario. others have said it's a strategic retreat on the republicans' behalf. would you vote present for that in the senate if it comes up? >> i don't think we have to in the senate. i'm happy not to filibuster it and i will announce tonight on your show that i will work with harry reid to let him pass his big old tax hike with a simple majority if that's what harry reid wants because then they will be the party of high taxes and they can own it. >> i want to ask you one quickie. your friend and mine, senator jim demint, resigning from the senate. going to take over as head of the heritage foundation. he is a great free market defender of capitalism. what do you make of jim demint leaveliing the senate? >> i think there's two ways to look t a it. the way i look at it, i've jokingly said he's going to a better place. but i really am serious about that
and when the economy stalls, when the economy sputers, when people lose their jobs, they know which party to blame, the party of high taxes. let's don't be the party of just almost as high taxes. >> some people have called that the doomsday scenario. others have said it's a strategic retreat on the republicans' behalf. would you vote present for that in the senate if it comes up? >> i don't think we have to in the senate. i'm happy not to filibuster it and i will announce tonight on...
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it's bad for -- it's certainly bad for the economy and it's also been bad for the economy brand. it's the reason that they were unsuccessful in the polls and by two to one if we don't reach a deal for the fiscal cliff. and it's also the reason why you see voters very clearly support having the wealthiest pay a little bit more. it the one proposal that is consistently -- it received strong support from a ma sdwrort majority of reporters and they dig their heels in and say we don't support this. they are on the wrong side of politics, wrong side of what history supports. it's just a bad strategy all the way around. >> now, what happened last time we held the debt ceiling hostage, it led to the first credit down grade in u.s. history. the stock market dropped 1300 points in 2011 and the gop rating dropped 11 point, congresswoman. do we needç to play this game again? >> no. and that's why the president went to the business roundtable. this is a very unpopular and there are real kwens. the downgrading of our credit rating is consequential to say that he's not playing that game anymo
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economy, he had to read mcvet is taking much longer than in must got to balance -- he had to admit it is taking much habrÉ than it osborn when o address was first thought to balance the nation's books. >> the people want to know that we are making progress, and the message today is that we are making progress. it is a hard road, but we are getting there. >> he pointed to the economic problems globally that are making his job harder. as a result, the chancellor announced austerity would have to last for logger, until 2018, in fact. that means more benefits will now be squeezed, and there will be a tax rates on the pension pops. >> i know these tax measures willthought to balance not be r. ways to reduce the deficit never are. but we must act together. when you look for savings, it is fair to local to the 1%. >> with multiple forecasts being downgraded, it has now become an issue about competence. they argue not only has the chancellor failed, but failed on his own terms. >> it has been completely derailed. the one test they set for themselves, balance the books and get the debt fallin
economy, he had to read mcvet is taking much longer than in must got to balance -- he had to admit it is taking much habrÉ than it osborn when o address was first thought to balance the nation's books. >> the people want to know that we are making progress, and the message today is that we are making progress. it is a hard road, but we are getting there. >> he pointed to the economic problems globally that are making his job harder. as a result, the chancellor announced austerity...
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markets why not come to find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. world moves on. science technology innovation all the rest of the immense from around russia we've got this huge earth covered. all right let's switch gears from the treasury to the fed our guest has been decoding for some fed speak regarding inflation targets for fed chief ben bernanke he and his vice chair janet yellen what does rhetoric like this translate to let me give you an example of something janet yellen said recently in a speech and i paraphrased a bit but she said to put it simply if two percent inflation is the committee's goal two percent cannot be viewed as a ceiling for inflation two percent must be treated as a central tendency around which in place ten fluctuates all right so what does that mean and why should we care and does this represent some kind of impact the major thing that we need to be thinking about we're looking at fed policy let's ask bob english because he is the on
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all economies want to recover. what happens is we get bad government policy that can slow the rate or even abort it. we need to look at the policy instead of continually hammering asset purchases through the fed. i think there are great risks to the fed policy, and there are very little benefits. perhaps some cost. we're buying $40 billion of bonds per month, increasing the money supply. now they're talking for various technical reasons to buy 45 billion more of u.s. treasury securities. that's 85 billion, that would be another $1 trillion in the american pump priming money supply after they've already done close to $2 trillion already. so we're at $3 trillion rising toward 3.5 trillion. here's my question. this stuff is not getting into middle america. like, to me, what the fed is doing is they're really helping the big new york wall street banks, helping them buy commodities, stocks, currencies, i don't see this pardon the phrase trickling down to main street community banks, small businesses. it's all sitting on
all economies want to recover. what happens is we get bad government policy that can slow the rate or even abort it. we need to look at the policy instead of continually hammering asset purchases through the fed. i think there are great risks to the fed policy, and there are very little benefits. perhaps some cost. we're buying $40 billion of bonds per month, increasing the money supply. now they're talking for various technical reasons to buy 45 billion more of u.s. treasury securities. that's...
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not just for the american economy, but for the world economy. we have a chance to do something very good for the country, very good for the country now. not just protecting 98% of americans from seeing an increase in their taxes, not just preventing the threat of default hanging over the country in the future, not just preventing deeply damaging spending cuts, but doing something to create room to invest in infrastructure, strengthen the economy, get more people back to work, and putting our long term fiscal house in order. there's no surprise. you're a pro at this. there's going to be a lot of political theater between now d when we get there. >> is this a part of that political theater? this is your opening gambet here. it's not -- you know you're not going to get what you went up there -- >> what we're trying to do -- this is the only way i know how to do these things. to solve problems, you have to be clear and direct with people about what you want and what you need and what's important for the country, and that's what we did. in those prop
not just for the american economy, but for the world economy. we have a chance to do something very good for the country, very good for the country now. not just protecting 98% of americans from seeing an increase in their taxes, not just preventing the threat of default hanging over the country in the future, not just preventing deeply damaging spending cuts, but doing something to create room to invest in infrastructure, strengthen the economy, get more people back to work, and putting our...
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economy, he had to read mcvet is taking much longer than in must got to balance -- he had to admit it is taking much habrÉ than it osborn when o address was first thought to balance the nation's books. >> the people want to know that we are making progress, and the message today is that we are making progress. it is a hard road, but we are getting there. >> he pointed to the economic problems globally that are making his job harder. as a result, the chancellor announced austerity would have to last for logger, until 2018, in fact. that means more benefits will now be squeezed, and there will be a tax rates on the pension pops. >> i know these tax measures willthought to balance not be r. ways to reduce the deficit never are. but we must act together. when you look for savings, it is fair to local to the 1%. >> with multiple forecasts being downgraded, it has now become an issue about competence. they argue not only has the chancellor failed, but failed on his own terms. >> it has been completely derailed. the one test they set for themselves, balance the books and get the debt fallin
economy, he had to read mcvet is taking much longer than in must got to balance -- he had to admit it is taking much habrÉ than it osborn when o address was first thought to balance the nation's books. >> the people want to know that we are making progress, and the message today is that we are making progress. it is a hard road, but we are getting there. >> he pointed to the economic problems globally that are making his job harder. as a result, the chancellor announced austerity...
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let's keep our economy on the right track. let's stand up for the american belief that each of us have our own dreams and aspirations, but we're also in this together. we can work together in a responsible way that we're one people and one nation, that's what this country is about, that's what all of you deserve, what i'm fighting for every single day and i will keep fighting for as long as i have the privilege of being your president. thank you very much everybody. god bless you, god bless america. >> that is president obama speaking at the manufacturing facility in hatfield, pennsylvania. melissa harris-perry i think sasha and malia will get kinex roller coasters. could the president push those more than the tax cuts. i'm likening this to when dillon went electric. we are seeing obama play a hard ball that the democrats have not played with this current sort of republican party and it's most modern manifestation. what do you make of the messaging now, the fact he is going hard with one message only, which is about middle cla
let's keep our economy on the right track. let's stand up for the american belief that each of us have our own dreams and aspirations, but we're also in this together. we can work together in a responsible way that we're one people and one nation, that's what this country is about, that's what all of you deserve, what i'm fighting for every single day and i will keep fighting for as long as i have the privilege of being your president. thank you very much everybody. god bless you, god bless...
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i think the economy going to be facing some fiscal drag from the federal side but if it is phased in slowly, it's not really use ter and abrupt i think it can handle it because i think the private sector is healing and i'm looking for improvement in growth for the second half of the year provided that we don't hit a landmine here on the fiscal side. >> all right, josh, thanks some of. we've been speaking with josh feinman of db advisor. >> tom: nearly a month and a half after super-storm sandy wreaked havoc along the new jersey shore, president obama met today with governor chris christie at the white house. the topic-- federal aid for storm recovery. the president is expected to ask congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency assistance. ruben ramirez is in seaside heights, new jersey, where business owners are striving to recover. ruben? >> reporter: thanks, tom. yes, nearly six weeks after super-storm sandy devastated this barrier island off the coast of new jersey, there's still a curfew in place. a lot of the traffic you see behind me is a lot of those longtime reside
i think the economy going to be facing some fiscal drag from the federal side but if it is phased in slowly, it's not really use ter and abrupt i think it can handle it because i think the private sector is healing and i'm looking for improvement in growth for the second half of the year provided that we don't hit a landmine here on the fiscal side. >> all right, josh, thanks some of. we've been speaking with josh feinman of db advisor. >> tom: nearly a month and a half after...
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it's not -- it's not better ground for the economy. and, frankly, i find it difficult to see how it's better political ground even for the gop. i figured, i didn't get it. so i figured this was beyond my small political brain to understand. so i asked some of my smarter hill republican friends what the theory was here. they told me the idea is while the president can permit the economy to fall over the fiscal cliff, or curb, whatever you want to call it, he can't allow us to default on our debt. that would, like, destroy the economy. that gives republicans a stronger hand or so they think. but really, think about that. here's how it would go. later this month, republicans would, by voting present, which everyone would think was a bit weird, permit the bush tax cuts to expire for income over $250,000. that would let president obama pocket $1 trillion in tax revenue and secure a win on his key priority in the talks. but they would do nothing else. at the end of the year, we would still go over the fiscal cliff. remember, the bush tax cut
it's not -- it's not better ground for the economy. and, frankly, i find it difficult to see how it's better political ground even for the gop. i figured, i didn't get it. so i figured this was beyond my small political brain to understand. so i asked some of my smarter hill republican friends what the theory was here. they told me the idea is while the president can permit the economy to fall over the fiscal cliff, or curb, whatever you want to call it, he can't allow us to default on our...
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the economy here is okay. i think that there is a concern that the action isn't taken to continue that strength. now, it isn't 4% or 5% as it is after most recessions. but it is not too bad now. so -- we still immediate job creation. we still need to deal with our deficit. that's why this fiscal cliff discussion goes on indefinitely day by day. it is a crucial point in america and we got to come to a conclusion which is helpful to everybody. >> prediction time. you have to make any -- predictions? >> for next year n. >> yeah. i have to make one. >> 2%. >> here is what i want to ask you. what's the biggest threat to the u.s. economy in 2013? i will give you a couple of choices. wry want to do fiscal cliff. is europe still -- could it be a huge threat? have we -- have we moved far enough along there that -- with sort of dealing with it where that is not going to be the threat that we saw? >> for business in my mind, the threat is not that europe will come apart. they will hold it together. but the economy is not
the economy here is okay. i think that there is a concern that the action isn't taken to continue that strength. now, it isn't 4% or 5% as it is after most recessions. but it is not too bad now. so -- we still immediate job creation. we still need to deal with our deficit. that's why this fiscal cliff discussion goes on indefinitely day by day. it is a crucial point in america and we got to come to a conclusion which is helpful to everybody. >> prediction time. you have to make any --...
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that is bad for the economy. the $30 billion cost of extending the programs would generate $33 billion in benefits. that is because the money trickles through the system. the unemployment insurance check spent on food, housing, he teen, all of the basic necessities that give us a multiplier effect. host: this is from the national employment law project. estimates of numbers of people who will be affected if the program ends. 2 million workers collecting insurance will be cut off after payments for the week ended december 29. nearly 1 million more workers will run out of state unemployment benefits without access to the euc by the end of the first quarter of 2013. tickets for those numbers a little bit and specifically the one a million more workers. guest: there are two fundamental programs part of the extension. the important thing about them, this is what really counts in this, they provide the additional benefits passed the six months the market. if workers do not get the additional benefits, they are possibly
that is bad for the economy. the $30 billion cost of extending the programs would generate $33 billion in benefits. that is because the money trickles through the system. the unemployment insurance check spent on food, housing, he teen, all of the basic necessities that give us a multiplier effect. host: this is from the national employment law project. estimates of numbers of people who will be affected if the program ends. 2 million workers collecting insurance will be cut off after payments...
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the economy's growing two percentage points. subtract 3.5, that is a severe recession. >> if we go off the fiscal cliff with no policy changes the near-term negative economic consequences would be significant and most assuredly throw us into a recession. >> comes a day after treasury secretary tim geithner told cnbc the white house is prepared to go the distance if its demands are not met. >> if republicans do not agree to that, is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff? >> oh, absolutely. again we see there's no agreement that done involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest. remember it's only 2%. >> former senator alan simpson, co-founder of the fix the debt campaign, choice words and analysis for would-be cliff jumpers. >> when you have leaders of parties and people from the administration saying, i think it will be to the advantage of the democrats to go off the cliff, wealthy it will be advantage to the republicans to go off the cliff or the president to go off the cliff, that's like betti
the economy's growing two percentage points. subtract 3.5, that is a severe recession. >> if we go off the fiscal cliff with no policy changes the near-term negative economic consequences would be significant and most assuredly throw us into a recession. >> comes a day after treasury secretary tim geithner told cnbc the white house is prepared to go the distance if its demands are not met. >> if republicans do not agree to that, is the administration prepared to go over the...
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rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. with investment information, risks, fees and expenses welcome to the world leader in derivatives. welcome to superderivatives. >>> we already bailed out a couple of its auto companies, but now should the federal government bail out the entire city of detroit? incredibly, some say yes. ahead of president obama's visit to detroit monday, that will be his first in nearly eight months, detroit councilwoman e joe -- joanne watson thinks so. >> our people overwhelmingly supported president obama and quid pro quo. >> joining me is doc thompson of talk radio 1270 wxyt. doc, welcome. let me start without this thought. if you have a federal bailout of detroit, doesn't that mean that citizens, taxpayers of texas, let's say, would
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we are really looking at an economy that is weak. ooly thing keeping keeping consumer spending going is that households have been prepared to cut back on their savings rate to such a low level that i do not think there is more room or that in 2013. lori: there are bright spots on the economy. you have to point to housing. the auto sales numbers that came out today, pretty good. especially ford. holiday sales have been better than expected, as well. >> the housing is the big number. it has definitely turned the corner. it is coming at such a low base that it really is not doing much for gdp growth. we just got the gdp numbers last week. we had residential investment of 14% in real terms. very good. what does it add to gdp, three tenths of 1%. we are coming from such a lopez that it just does not do much for the overall growth rate. lori: is there anything that can be done that we will avoid a recession altogether? >> not just a small down payment with a big? halfway through next year. i think another thing that can be done is to do th
we are really looking at an economy that is weak. ooly thing keeping keeping consumer spending going is that households have been prepared to cut back on their savings rate to such a low level that i do not think there is more room or that in 2013. lori: there are bright spots on the economy. you have to point to housing. the auto sales numbers that came out today, pretty good. especially ford. holiday sales have been better than expected, as well. >> the housing is the big number. it has...
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as a measure of the economy's health at all we'll discuss and earlier this week we asked the national commentator peter schiff about his hyper inflation calls. i know that you're saying you can't predict when this is going to happen but why haven't we seen that happen well you know i guess i still say the hyperinflation is the worst case scenario is. that interview received traction from a certain new york times economist will discuss in loose change let's get to today's capital account. today we'll forget about the fiscal cliff for a moment and talk about some other deadlines approaching that may create a potential regulatory cliff for investors threatening that they may fall off unless they seek the safety of government debt i'm talking about changes in f.d.i.c deposit insurance as just one example and while investors may be perched on what we're calling a regulatory cliff of sorts big banks are able to crawl back from the ledge with the help of timothy geithner's treasury geithner is making some major moves before he has for the door and one which we've seen recently is the final w
as a measure of the economy's health at all we'll discuss and earlier this week we asked the national commentator peter schiff about his hyper inflation calls. i know that you're saying you can't predict when this is going to happen but why haven't we seen that happen well you know i guess i still say the hyperinflation is the worst case scenario is. that interview received traction from a certain new york times economist will discuss in loose change let's get to today's capital account. today...
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what that does, it lifts the cloud of default over the economy. the president has increased the debt limit. congress has a chance to express approval of that. it's a very smart way by the senator with impeccable credentials to lift this threat. >> you said that he never intended it to be permanent? >> but, again, it was a good idea then, it's a good idea going forward. it came from him. it wasn't our idea. that makes a lot of sense. what you said that wasn't quite right, what we laid out for them was, a detailed set of reforms in health programs, government programs over ten years, which are going to be tough, but we think they make sense. they don't like all those changes, they might want to go beyond that. but they have to tell us what those things are. you're right on the revenue side. we're proposing to let the rates go back to clinton levels. that would be a good thing to do as a sensible economic policy, and we want to combine that with tax reforms that will limit deductions. there's no surprise in this. we have been proposing this for a ver
what that does, it lifts the cloud of default over the economy. the president has increased the debt limit. congress has a chance to express approval of that. it's a very smart way by the senator with impeccable credentials to lift this threat. >> you said that he never intended it to be permanent? >> but, again, it was a good idea then, it's a good idea going forward. it came from him. it wasn't our idea. that makes a lot of sense. what you said that wasn't quite right, what we...
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uk see as sharp drop in lending to the real economy. and the search for the lucky power ball winners is on. two tickets match the record $580 million drawing. iberia labor unions have confirmed they'll call a six day strike in december. it will start december 14th and last through december 21st. this comes amid the airline saying it will slash about a quarter of the spanish airlines workforce and cut capacity as part of a restructuring plan. air freight traffic slowed to 3.8% year on year growth and just under 2% month on month growth for the month of october. passenger air traffic was up 3.2% this october, but it did actually decline in october by 0.2%. so a cautionary sign there for global demand. moving on now, costco is just one of the several u.s. companies deciding to issue a special one i'm cash dividend to shareholders. the new is aimed at helping investors stay ahead of automatic tax increases that will take effect in congress fails to resolve the fiscal cliff. in a twist, the retailer is issuing $3.5 billion in new debt to pay
uk see as sharp drop in lending to the real economy. and the search for the lucky power ball winners is on. two tickets match the record $580 million drawing. iberia labor unions have confirmed they'll call a six day strike in december. it will start december 14th and last through december 21st. this comes amid the airline saying it will slash about a quarter of the spanish airlines workforce and cut capacity as part of a restructuring plan. air freight traffic slowed to 3.8% year on year...